Contemporary Topics in Finance

Contemporary Topics in Finance
Author: Iris Claus
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2019-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119565162

The literature surveys presented in this edited volume provide readers with up-to-date reviews on eleven contemporary topics in finance. Topics include unconventional monetary policy, implicit bank guarantees, and financial fraud - all linked to the exceptional event of the Global Financial Crisis Explores how recent studies on inflation risk premia and finance and productivity have benefitted from new empirical methods and the availability of relevant data Demonstrates how angel investing, venture capital, relationship lending and microfinance have benefitted from increased research as they have become more seasoned Investigates crowdfunding and crypto-currencies which have both arisen from recent technological developments

The Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India

The Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India
Author: Kshitija Joshi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108836348

Studies investment, portfolio involvement and exit strategies of venture capital firms investing in high-technology early-stage start-ups in India.

Cross-Border Venture Capital Investments

Cross-Border Venture Capital Investments
Author: Horstense Tarrade
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2012-07-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3834969397

Hortense Tarrade analyses over 200,000 venture capital (VC) investments over the past 20 years to understand the investors' motivation to select national or foreign companies into their portfolio. She compares the sensitivity of US-based, non-US and German VC firms to the availability of local deal supply and demand as well as the relative importance of their intrinsic capabilities in their investment scope decision ("Why do VC firms invest on a national, continental or global scope?"). Further, she provides an in-depth analysis of the role of geographic and cultural distance in investments by German VCs ("Why do VC firms invest in a target location rather than another?").

Transnational Entrepreneurship

Transnational Entrepreneurship
Author: Mathew J. Manimala
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2019-06-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811062986

This edited volume develops an understanding of the strategies, processes, issues and concerns involved when small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) go international with their local products/services and vice versa. It is a compendium of eighteen selected chapters on the subject, supported by an introductory chapter. The contributions are organized in four parts based on the sub-themes they deal with. The first part, containing the introductory chapter, provides different perspectives on transnational entrepreneurship, returnee entrepreneurship and their linkages with the internationalization process. The subsequent parts have chapters dealing with three sub-themes of the subject – the internal factors (individual and firm-level resources), the external factors (entrepreneurial ecosystem), and the process of organizational transformation and change, respectively, in the context of SME internationalization. Special issues and challenges being faced by SME entrepreneurs in emerging economies have been highlighted in this book, discussing key contemporary issues with regard to internationalization in the three dimensions outlined above. Further, the book explains how an entrepreneur can engineer the transformation of his/her organization into an international SME. This book is a very useful resource for entrepreneurs and policy-makers in general, and for academics and researchers in particular, as it provides an overview of the contemporary research in the critical areas of SME internationalization and transnational entrepreneurship by highlighting the linkages between them with special reference to emerging economies.

Entrepreneurial Finance

Entrepreneurial Finance
Author: Cristiano Bellavitis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351202138

This book examines the proliferation of new sources of entrepreneurial finance and how these sources have the potential to make it easier for ventures to raise capital and grow. To date, entrepreneurial finance literature has developed a rich tradition of research on venture capital and angel finance. However, the emergence of ‘new’ sources of finance – such as crowdfunding – and the limited attention paid to ‘traditional’ debt financing and financial bootstrapping offer opportunities to explore, from different points of view and theoretical perspectives, the challenges that ventures face. The objective of this book is to explore these new and traditional sources of finance; suggest how these phenomena can be better understood conceptually; and guide new ways of understanding the topic in future, especially for researchers. The introduction outlines the new sources of entrepreneurial finance, and in comparing them with more traditional sources, proposes challenges in our conceptual understanding of these new and traditional sources. The subsequent chapters deal with important topics, including looking at the way different funding sources may interact; factors that impede family firms from getting external funding; how best to succeed with equity crowdfunding by looking at pre-selection processes; considering differences in perceptions towards funding sources arising from whether entrepreneurs are native born or immigrants; factors to consider when funding specialized assets in high uncertain sectors such as biotechnology; and the internationalization of business angel activity. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Venture Capital journal.

Business Strategies and Competitiveness in Times of Crisis

Business Strategies and Competitiveness in Times of Crisis
Author: Laura Gavinelli
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2016-07-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137578106

This book focuses on the relationship between business strategy and competition among Italian SMEs in the aftermath of the economic crisis. First examining business strategy and competitive advantage in a broader sense, Business Strategies and Competitiveness in Times of Crisis goes on to analyse the strategic behaviour of SMEs and the key factors that allow them to overcome the challenges they face. The book covers wide-ranging topics such as marketing and communication strategies, internationalization process and entry modes, access to credit, networking, innovation process and human resources enhancement. Referring to insightful case studies and surveys conducted between 2011 and 2014, it reflects on managerial implications for Italian SMEs and identifies their three main competitive challenges.

New Frontiers In Entrepreneurial Finance Research

New Frontiers In Entrepreneurial Finance Research
Author: Anita Quas
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2019-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 981120277X

This book provides an updated view of new trends in entrepreneurial finance, with the aim of guiding academics and non-academics alike that want to gain a deeper understanding of this field.It collects recent contributions from scholars from all over the world. Each chapter provides new empirical or theoretical evidence on fundamental issues related to entrepreneurial finance, including business angels, crowdfunding, Initial Coin Offerings, Mini bonds, public support and more. Besides reviewing the recent trends in the field, the book also highlights new avenues for research, and implications for practitioners.

The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital

The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital
Author: Douglas Cumming
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 1052
Release: 2012-04-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0195391594

This handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the issues dealing with the structure, governance, and performance of venture capital. The book comprises contributions from 55 authors currently cased in 12 different countries.